Refrigerator



Mud! 1931. J. c. STATON REFRIGERATQR I Filed July '2, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 v duozmm March 24, 1931. J. c. STATON REFRIGERATOR Filed July 2, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet H Um II II ll III II.

Patented Mar. 24, 1931 JOHN C. STATON,

OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE COCA-COLA COMPANY, OF

ATLANTA, GEORGIA, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE REFRIGERATOR Application filed July 2, 1929. Serial No. 375,373.

The invention relates to refrigerators having particular relation to refrigerators for cooling bottled drinks.

- It is an object of the invention to provide a refrigerator in which bottlesmay be placed immersed in ice water or surrounded by ice and from which bottles may be dispensed to customers.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a refrigerator which may be shipped in a knock-down condition and readily assembled for use by unskilled labor.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a knock-down refrigerator which may be cheaply produced and which may be assembled in a short period of time ready for use.

A further object of the invention is to provide a refrigerator having means to support racks of bottles and to display the same to attract customers.

Further objects of the invention will appear from the following description when read in connection with the accompanying drawings showing an illustrative embodi ment of the invention, and wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view;

Fig. 2 is a plan view with the cover re-' moved and partly broken away, and Fig. 3 is an exploded view showing each of the parts in perspective.

Asshown the device com rises a box 10 which is liquid ti ht and ormed of heat insulating materia To support the box 10 there are shown legs 11, 12, 13, 14, an-

gular in crosssection, the legs 11, 12 being connected by an angle member 15, and b a lower member 16, and the legs 13, 14 being connected by like members 17 18. The mem 74o bers 15, 16, 17, 18, in furtherance of the ob- "jects of the invention, are permanently connected to the respective legs and when the device is assembled, are connected to the legs b removable bolts.

4 The members 19, 20 are sllown as provided with an an ular portion 21 upon the horizontal mem r of which angle the ends of the box 10 are supported as indicated in Fig. 1, said horizontal angles lying in the same plane as the horizontal angles of the memmembers 19, 20, 21, 22-

bers 15, 17, and the vertical angles of the members 15', 17 and 21 lapping upwardly about the lower corners of the box 10.

When the device is assembled, the angles of the legs 11-14 embrace the vertical corners of the box in the manner indicated in Fig. 1. The members 21,22 are utilized to connect the lower portion of the legs 11, 13 and 12, 14 in the manner shown in Fig. 1.

To support the upper ends of racks of bottles in a position to display their contents, there is shown a longitudinal member 23 connected by means of bolts to the downwardly projecting portions 24, 25 of the members 19, 20, the member 23 desirably being formed angular in cross section and having ends 26,

27 to be engaged by the bolts to secure the same to the members 19, 20. To support the lower end of the bottle racks, the members 16,

18 are shown as formed with upwardly opening angles 28, 29'which receive the'lower corners of the racks and prevent the same from slipping downwardly.

To drainthe box 10 there is showna stand pipe 30 projecting through the bottom of 7 the box and standing up within the same, at substantially its central portion, to the height to which it is desired the ice water in the box to stand as the ice melts. An 0 ening 31 is shown in the member 30 throug which the stand pipe 30 may project, it being understood that a receptacle may be placed under the pipe to receive drainage.

To cover the upper edges of the box 10 and to support a cover comprising two members 32, 33 hinged together at the central portion of the box, there is shown a frame 34 which is channel-shaped in cross section, the channel opening downwardly. When the box is asa sembled, theframe 34 is adapted to rest upon I i the upper ends of the legs 11-14, the hei ht of the legs above the angles 15, 17 21 belng less than the height of the box 10 to allow for overlapping of the frame 34 with the upper corners of the box. i

The covers 32, 33 rest freely upon the frame 34 and either cover may be lifted at will, handles 35, 36 being provided for the purose. p The downwardly directed sides of the channel of the frame 34 are shown at 37, 38 in the broken away portion of Fig. 2.

To support a bottle cap remover 39, the frame as is shown as provided with a plate 40 secured to one of the channel flanges 37. A bottle cap receptacle is shown at- 41 supported upon the member 15.

In the assembly of the device, the box 10 is placed upon the floor in inverted position and the assemblies of legs 11, 12 and members 15, 16, and of legs 13, 14 and members 17, 18 are inverted and placed in position with the angles of the legs embracing the corners of the box whereupon the members 19, 20, 21, 22 maybe placed and bolted to the legs, and the member 23 may also be bolted in place. The box may then be lifted and placed in an upright position whereupon it is only necessary to place the frame member 34 upon the upper edge of the box and to lay the covers 32, 33 thereon and to place the bottle cap 39 and receptacle 41 when the device is ready for use, itbeing understood that the pipe 30 is also inserted during assembly.

There is thus provided an exceedingly simple form of refrigerator for dispensing of bottles of soft drinks in iced condition, which may be cheaply manufactured, shipped in knock-down condition compactly crated, and which may be assembled by the user in a very short space of time, being substantially foolproof so far as assembly is concerned. The box 10 may be faced upon the exterior vertical sides by plates bearing advertisin matter, which plates will be overlapped by the angles of the frame supporting the -box, thus providing a very attractive device.

Minor changes may be made in thephysical embodiment of the invention within the scope of the appended claims without departfrom the spirit thereof. claim:

1. A refrigerator comprising, in combination, a frame comprising angle iron legs and upper and lower horizontal members connecting adjacent legs, said upper members formed with inwardly facing angles comprising vertical and horizontal flanges, a heat insulating box resting on said horizontal flanges and its corners embraced by said vertical flanges and by the angles of said legs, a rectangular frame of downwardly open channel material covering the u per edges of said box and a cover supporte by said frame.

2. A refrigerator comprising, in combination, a frame comprising angle iron legs and horizontal members connecting said legs at points below the tops thereof, said members formed with inwardly facing angles having horizontal and upwardly extending flanges, a heat insulating box resting on said horizontal flanges and its corners embraced by said angles and by the angles of said legs, the sides of said box rising above the tops of said legs, a rectangular frame of downwardly open channel material covering the upper edges of said box, the outer flanges of said channel engaging the upper ends of said legs and a cover supported by said frame.

A refrigerator comprising, in combination, a knock-down frame comprising angle legs, pairs of said legs being permanently connected by upper and lower horizontal members, the opposite legs of said assemblies connected by removable members bolted thereto, a fluid tight box of heat insulating material embraced at its corners by the angles of said legs and supported at its lower corners by said upper permanent leg connectors and by said removable leg connectors, and a cover for said box.

4. A refrigerator comprising, in combination, a knock-down frame comprising angle legs, pairs of said legs permanently connected by upper and lowermembers, said upper members formed with upwardly opening angles, and members formed with upwardly opening angles each removably connected at their ends to a leg of each of said pairs with the inner sides of said angles in the plane of the inner sides of the angles of said upper permanently connected members, a heat insulating box supported in said frame, its corners embraced by the angles of said legs and of said upper permanently connected and said removably connected members, and a rectangular cover supporting frame lying upon t 1e upper edges 0 said box and having depending flanges overlapping the sides of said box.

5. A refrigerator comprising, in combina: tion, a knock-down frame comprising angle legs, pairs of said legs permanenty connected bv upper and lower members each formed with upwardly opening angles, upper members formed with upwardly opening angles and lower members each of said last named upper and lower members removably connected at their ends to a leg of each of said pair-s and a member connected at its ends' to the central portions of said upper removably connected members, a heat insulating box supported in said frame above said last named removable member with its lower corners embraced by the angles of said upper members and its vertical corners by the angles of said legs, a rectangular frame of downwardly open channel cross section lying upon and embracing the upper edges of said box and a cover supported by said frame.

JOHN C. STATON. 

